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Statuette of a boy
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 50–130
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Robinson, by exchange
Accession Number60.530
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 137.
DescriptionThe figure stands awkwardly with his big feet on a circular pedestal; he wears a poet's wreath on his head and a himation which envelopes his arms. Some encrustation; green and brown patina.
ProvenanceFrom a sale in Paris, June 7, 1922, lot 114 (information from S. Reinach, Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine, V, p. 351, no. 2); by 1960: with Fahim Kouchakji, 30 East 60th Street, Suite 904, New York 22; May 11, 1960: purchased by MFA from Fahim Kouchakji for $ 800.00